Skip to content
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
69°F
Sign Out Sign In Subscribe Newsletter Contact Us
69°F
  • News & Comment
  • Opinion
  • Contests
  • Arts & Culture
  • Eat Drink Toke
  • Sports
  • Marketplace
  • All Sections
        • News & Comment
        • Arts & Culture
          • Arts
          • Eat Drink Toke
          • Music
          • Film
        • Sports
        • Special Content
          • Weekly Classics
          • Best of Seattle
          • Protest Guide
          • Dining Guide
        • Comix
        • Podcasts
          • Podcasts
          • Seattleland
        • Classifieds
        • Subscriber Center
          • Subscribe
          • Subscriber Center
          • Frequently Asked Questions
        • e-Editions
        • Marketplace
        • Newsletters
Articles by Robert Wilonsky
Damon goes nose to nose with his kitty.
We Bought a Zoo: Matt Damon Needs a...
By Robert Wilonsky • December 20, 2011 12:00 am

When I told someone the other day I was off to a screening of We Bought a Zoo, the response…

Read Story

Moneyball: Brad Pitt Discovers Statistics
Moneyball: Brad Pitt Discovers Statistics
By Robert Wilonsky • September 21, 2011 12:00 am

Michael Lewis’s book Moneyball was published in 2003, in the immediate wake of The Season That Shook Baseball. The story…

Read Story

Wiig and Pegg debate how extraterrestrials fit into God's plan.
Paul: The Hot Fuzz Guys Remake E.T.
By Robert Wilonsky • March 15, 2011 12:00 am

This isn’t the third installment in the so-called “Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy” featuring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Note…

Read Story

Megamind: Kryptonite for 7-Year-Olds
Megamind: Kryptonite for 7-Year-Olds
By Robert Wilonsky • January 18, 2011 12:00 am

On matters animated and three-dimensional I take my cue from the 7-year-old sitting at my right, who got mega-fidgety about…

Read Story

Mirren. Machine gun. We are so there.
Red: At Last, Helen Mirren as International Assassin!
By Robert Wilonsky • October 12, 2010 12:00 am

Classiest. Comic. Book. Movie. Ever. Not the best. Not the worst. Just the classiest—Helen Mirren (and Morgan Freeman and John…

Read Story

Dream couple Cera and Winstead.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: Michael Cera Does...
By Robert Wilonsky • August 10, 2010 12:00 am

For all of Scott Pilgrim‘s adherence to the graphic novels upon which it’s based—the pop-art pows and thwacks, the video-game…

Read Story

Wilson makes a welcome return to form.
Middle Men: Luke Wilson Fills the Insatiable American...
By Robert Wilonsky • August 3, 2010 12:00 am

If the plot of Middle Men sounds familiar—Luke Wilson gets in bed with James Caan, who just wants to fuck…

Read Story

Carell’s Gru towers over his minions.
Despicable Me: Steve Carell as Summertime Grinch
By Robert Wilonsky • July 6, 2010 12:00 am

As the lights were dimming before a preview screening of Despicable Me, the 6-year-old who lives in my house leaned…

Read Story

Brand continues to build his lovable bad-boy brand.
Get Him to the Greek: Jonah Hill Has...
By Robert Wilonsky • June 1, 2010 12:00 am

This roller-coaster spinoff of Forgetting Sarah Marshall often feels as if it’ll jump the tracks and smash to the ground…

Read Story

Furry Vengeance: Brendan Fraser, Eco-Propagandist
Furry Vengeance: Brendan Fraser, Eco-Propagandist
By Robert Wilonsky • April 27, 2010 12:00 am

The simple thesis of the movie is very much made for the 6 to, oh, let’s say 6½-year-old set: People…

Read Story

Hollingsworth is among the cons next door.
The Joneses: Demi Moore Is Too Perfect to...
By Robert Wilonsky • April 13, 2010 12:00 am

For a while, at least, a pitch-black (and therefore pitch-perfect) tale of our times: Four business partners masquerading as a…

Read Story

We prefer Miller (right) to his best bro Baruchel.
She’s Out of My League: Wingman Steals Movie
By Robert Wilonsky • March 9, 2010 12:00 am

This isn’t entirely without its selling points, chief among them T.J. Miller, who’s a cross between Seth Rogen and Jason…

Read Story

Gere, with Jesse Williams behind him, is that close to retirement.
Brooklyn’s Finest: Wait, Ethan Hawke Is Italian?
By Robert Wilonsky • March 2, 2010 12:00 am

A multiplex three-pack filled with every cop-movie convention since the invention of gunpowder and curse words, Brooklyn’s Finest is three…

Read Story

Cera is adorable. The movie? Not so much.
Youth in Revolt: Michael Cera, Grow Up Already!
By Robert Wilonsky • January 5, 2010 12:00 am

Winded and weary from its long journey to a bigger screen, C.D. Payne’s 500-page 1993 novel has been squeezed into…

Read Story

De Niro provides seasonal discomfort to Barrymore.
Everybody’s Fine: Robert De Niro’s Holiday Miscalculation
By Robert Wilonsky • December 1, 2009 12:00 am

Don’t be misled by the cheesy, generic poster for Kirk Jones’ retelling of Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1990 Stanno tutti bene, in…

Read Story

Road warriors Clooney and Farmiga connect—where else?—at the airport bar.
Up in the Air: George Clooney Swings the...
By Robert Wilonsky • December 1, 2009 12:00 am

There is something oddly familiar about Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air, in which George Clooney plays a commitment-phobic business…

Read Story

Hoffman plays the cantankerous Yank abroad.
Pirate Radio: Philip Seymour Hoffman Brings Rock Music...
By Robert Wilonsky • November 9, 2009 12:00 am

Seven months after its theatrical release in the UK, and two months after its DVD debut there, Pirate Radio washes…

Read Story

Damon's deluded character views himself as a movie hero.
The Informant!: Matt Damon Is Totally Deluded
By Robert Wilonsky • September 15, 2009 12:00 am

As evidenced by The Informant!, it’s a hell of a tricky thing to turn real-life pulp into floss sugar. The…

Read Story

Page is the kind of grandfather you’d like to have.
It Might Get Loud: Jack White Hates Technology
By Robert Wilonsky • August 25, 2009 12:00 am

Marketed as a guitar summit with The Edge, Jimmy Page, and Jack White, Davis Guggenheim’s affectionate, intermittently insightful behind-the-music doc…

Read Story

Domestic felicity: Streep and Tucci make marriage fun.
Julie & Julia: Meryl Streep Can Cook No...
By Robert Wilonsky • August 4, 2009 12:00 am

It was the best of movies. It was the worst of movies. Which is to say: There’s half a great…

Read Story

Bullock is running from something.
The Proposal: Sandra Bullock Gets Caught in the...
By Robert Wilonsky • June 16, 2009 12:00 am

Starring Sandra Bullock as the publishing-house boss who blackmails her assistant, played by Ryan Reynolds, into marrying her lest she…

Read Story

Old man Carl keeps the movie grounded.
PICK Up: Pixar’s Winning Streak Continues
By Robert Wilonsky • May 26, 2009 12:00 am

First of all, Up is not a movie about a cranky old coot who, with the help of a roly-poly…

Read Story

Weisz is nobody's brother.
PICK The Brothers Bloom: Mark Ruffalo and Adrien...
By Robert Wilonsky • May 19, 2009 12:00 am

Writer-director Rian Johnson’s movies—first Brick in 2006, now The Brothers Bloom—are clever and soulful confabulations. The filmmaker, whose screenplays read…

Read Story

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • Last

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter to receive updates.

Sign Up

Featured Local Savings

  • News & Comment
  • Opinion
  • Arts & Culture
  • Eat Drink Toke
  • Sports
Quicklinks
  • Subscribe
  • Subscriber Center
  • e-Editions
  • Newsletters
  • Media Solutions
About Us
  • What We Do
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility
  • Contact Us
  • Sound Publishing Inc. Logo
  • A subsidiary of Black Press Media
  • Work With Us
© 2025 Seattle Weekly + Sound Publishing + Black Press Media. All Rights Reserved.
Powered By NewzBoost
Welcome to Seattle Weeklyclose
Validating

Log in for full access to Seattle Weekly using your subscriber account

Email Address:
Password:

Forgot Password

Don't have an account set up? Register today!

Looking to update or manage your subscriber account? Go to our self service center.

 If you are at a public computer, check this to prevent unauthorized access.
  • Purchase Options

Promo Code:

E-Wallet Purchase (Add Funds)

E-Wallet permits you to purchase a credit block to view content on a per visit basis. Each time you log in to view content, the daily amount for that day is deducted from your account balance. When your balance reaches zero, you can purchase additional credit for additional viewing.

Term Subscription

Term subscriptions are traditional subscriptions that are purchased for a length of time, such as one month or one year, and permit you to access online content during that time period.


  • User Registration


Registration

Account
Last Name
Email Address
Confirm Email
User Name
Password
Confirm Password

Non Subscriber Registration

First Name
Last Name
Email Address
Confirm Email
User Name
Password
Confirm Password

Choose a Registration Option

  • Purchase Confirmation


E-Pass Daily Rates
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

Purchase Date:

Your credit card will be charged $.

  • ECopy Purchase Option


E-Pass Daily Rates
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

Choose Credit Options:

Your credit card will be charged the selected amount.

  • Sign Out
  • Sign In
    • Search
    • Email Newsletters
    • Subscriber Center
      • Subscriber Center
      • Subscribe
      • Frequently Asked Questions
    • News & Comment
    • Contests
    • Podcasts
      • Seattleland
    • Arts & Culture
      • Arts
      • Eat Drink Toke
      • Music
      • Film
    • Sports
    • Comix
    • Special Content
      • Weekly Classics
      • Best of Seattle
      • Dining Guide
      • Protest Guide
    • Marketplace
      • Sponsored Content
    • Classifieds
    • e-Edition
    • About
      • What We Do
      • How to Advertise
      • Contact Us
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy Policy